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Bhubaneswar: Former Odisha chief minister Giridhar Gamang Wednesday joined the Congress along with his wife and son almost nine years after he quit the party. Congress is the only party in the country that does principled politics, said the former nine-time MP from Koraput who...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Special Task Force (STF) has arrested one more member of the inter-state racket involved in the mule bank account scam from West Bengal, an STF official said Wednesday. The accused fraudster identified as Sourav Maity (30) is a resident of Rampura in West...

Bhubaneswar: Calling Odisha's Biju Janata Dal government as ‘arrogant’, Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan alleged that the law and order machinery has 'completely collapsed' in the state and victims do not get justice. Pradhan said this at a meeting in the BJP state headquarters in Bhubaneswar...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha has been categorised as 'Top Performer' state in the 4th edition of the State Startup Ranking conducted by the Union Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), officials said. Apart from Odisha, Maharashtra, Punjab, Rajasthan and Telangana have been ranked as...

Bhubaneswar: The Commissionerate Police here Tuesday claimed to have arrested two persons including a history-sheeter in connection with a gold-snatching case under Lingaraj police station limits. Of the two accused, Narahari Nayak and Punia Nayak, the latter had earlier been booked in 22 criminal cases...

Bhubaneswar: The Bhubaneswar Development Authority (BDA) has planned to organise the Ekamra Utsav – A festival for celebrating Odia language and culture-- from February 3 to 8 against the backdrop of a three-day-long World Odia Langauge conference. According to sources, the 6-day festival will celebrate...

Bhubaneswar: Police arrested Tuesday Sunki Rana, 36, for her alleged involvement in the murder of city-based restaurateur, Biswajit Nayak, officials said. The woman, originally a resident of Jharsuguda district, was nabbed from Puri by a team of Balianta police station personnel, an officer informed. The...

Most of us have studied in our books that Anantavarman Chodaganga Deva of Eastern Ganga dynasty started construction of the Jagannath Temple at Puri in 12th century. Legends, however, speak of a king named Indradyumna who established the Lord’s abode at Puri seashore after sending...